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| Baldwin Wake Walker R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 6 January 1802 | Born | ||
| 9 September 1834 | Married Mary Catherine Sinclair, only daughter of Commander John Worth RN, of Oakley House, Suffolk | ||
| 12 January 1841 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) | ||
| 19 July 1856 | Created 1st Baronet Walker of Oakley House, Suffolk | ||
| 12 February 1876 | Died | ||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 5 July 1812 | Entered Navy | ||
| 6 April 1820 | Lieutenant | ||
| 15 July 1834 | Commander | ||
| 24 November 1838 | Captain | ||
| 5 January 1858 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 10 February 1865 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 27 February 1870 | Admiral | ||
| 1 April 1870 | Retired Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 1 September 1836 | 25 January 1837 | Commander (2ic) in Vanguard, commanded by Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, Mediterranean | |
| 25 January 1837 | 24 November 1838 | Commander (2ic) in Vanguard, commanded by Thomas Fellowes, Mediterranean | |
| (1840) | Rear-Admiral in Turkish service, in charge of the Ottoman naval forces during the operations on the coast of Syria in 1840 | ||
| 16 April 1845 | October 1845 | Captain in Queen (from commissioning at Chatham), flagship of Admiral John West, Devonport (and 1845 experimental squadron) | |
| 23 April 1846 | 3 August 1847 | Captain in Constance (from commissioning at Plymouth), Pacific | |
| 5 February 1858 | 1860 | Surveyor of the Navy | |
| 1860 | 5 February 1861 | Controller of the Navy (title change) | |
| 6 February 1861 | 17 January 1865 | Commander-in-chief, Cape of Good Hope, flag in Narcissus | |
| 5 April 1866 | 5 April 1869 | Commander-in-chief, the Nore, flag in Formidable then (1 January 1869) Agincourt | |
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